[knn]

Exactly - if you want to make choices based off what's economically the best (studying CS), that's fine. But there's so much beauty in the world that is "impractical" to reach for (like studying music, art, seeing nature, etc)

[qmalzp]

I'm happy with my path:

Youthful idealism -> number theory Mature pragmatism -> pivot to CS

It was entirely luck that my passion was so closely related to the current gold rush.